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Thursday night NFL best bets: Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers

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Week 15 of the NFL season kicks off Thursday with two teams battling for supremacy in the AFC West.

The Chiefs (9-4) have won six straight behind a resurgent defense, while the Chargers (8-5) are coming off back-to-back wins.

ESPN betting analysts Joe Fortenbaugh (40-36-1, 2-1 last week), Doug Kezirian (14-23-2, 1-0), Tyler Fulghum (23-24, 8-1)Anita Marks (227-199, 25-15) and Erin Dolan, sports betting deputy editor David Bearman (27-24-1, 1-2), Stats & Information's Seth Walder (55-47, 4-3), Football Outsiders' Aaron Schatz (44-37, 3-2) and fantasy/betting analyst Eric Moody (112-105, 12-12) have teamed up to offer their best bets.

Odds courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook (as of Wednesday).

Kansas City Chiefs (-3, 51.5) at Los Angeles Chargers

​​Fortenbaugh: Kansas City was laying 6.5 points at Arrowhead Stadium when these two teams met back in Week 3, so I see value in getting a field goal (the line had moved to Chiefs -4) with Los Angeles considering both the change of venue and the fact that this is a Thursday night game, which means a 1,300-mile flight for the Chiefs. Kansas City's defense has been the toast of the town during the club's six-game winning streak, but who have they stopped? The Giants, Broncos and Raiders (twice) all rank 18th or worse in scoring, Green Bay was without Aaron Rodgers and Dallas was missing wide receiver Amari Cooper in a game in which fellow wideout CeeDee Lamb suffered a concussion. On the other hand, the Chargers are tied for eighth in scoring and tied for third in yards per play. This is going to be a very good football game.

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